Hi Diane! We are very happy to have you guest design for Fancy Pants Designs!
Can you tell us a little bit more about you?

Hi
everyone! I’m so excited to be here sharing a little about myself along with
some projects I made with the new Fancy Pants Designs collections. I married the “new
kid in town” that I met in 6th grade. I’m a lucky girl…he’s my best
friend in the whole world and we’ve been married almost 25 years. We currently reside in Texas and have a son,
Wyatt, a daughter, Alyssa, and two little lap dogs that complete our family.
The kids are both in high school and keep us busy (in a good way) with
football, softball, and wrestling. We enjoy traveling as a family and generally
take a beach vacation in the summer and a trip to the mountains in the winter
for a little snowboarding and skiing.

I
work full-time writing Flight Attendant training programs for an airline. When
I’m not working or spending time with the family, I can most likely be found in
my scrapbook room. I have been blessed with many designing opportunities over
the last few years and have been published in Scrapbook Trends, Create, and
Creating Keepsakes. I am currently designing for Lily Bee, {a flair for
buttons}, Come On Get Crafty and write. click. scrapbook. I also enjoy
photography, reading, and working out.

How long have you been scrapbooking?

I’ve
been scrapbooking since I was married almost 25 years ago. My first album was
of my honeymoon, complete with bits of memorabilia I saved and hand drawn
titles on copy paper. After I had kids I was re-introduced to scrapbooking
through a Creative Memories party. Today, anything goes in my paper crafting. I
enjoy mixing 8 ½ x 11 layouts in with my 12 x 12 pages and will make an
occasional mini album too.

The
topics for my pages are driven by whatever photo or story is inspiring me at
the moment, although I do make more everyday moments layouts than event pages.
I have a large collection of vintage photos from my family and my husband’s
family too. They will often make an appearance on my pages and are fun to mix
in with current day photos.

My
most used scrapbooking tools include my vintage Underwood typewriter, my sewing
machine and my Silhouette Cameo. I will use at least one of those on every page
I make.

This
layout uses the Collecting Moments line. The design for this layout was
inspired by the Button Set embellishments. I love how the buttons and chipboard
looked clustered together on the packing card and thought it would be fun to
create a similar look by grouping those embellishments on each side of my photo
and filling in the spaces with pieces from the Ticket Roll and sticker sheets.

I
like using the coordinating Tape Stickers included in each collection to create
quick and easy borders for large elements. For more visual interest, I mixed
and layered a variety of Tape Stickers over each other.

To
create a focal point for my title and the large flower I cut using my Cameo I
placed them inside a Patterned Photo Frame.

When
I saw the Merry Little Christmas line I knew I wanted to use it for a vintage
photo of my father-in-law at Christmas time.

The
photo really tells a story all on its own…I love seeing all the popular toys of
the 50’s era around the Christmas tree. To showcase the photo I layered it on
top of the coordinating Decorative Tags and then embellished with stickers and
flair. I really love how it all pops off the black background.

I
am often giving gifts at Christmas and wanted to come up with a creative way to
present it. I really love the envelopes included in each line. Typically, I use
them on my layouts for hidden journaling and layering but thought it would be
fun to use one for gift giving.

First,
I adhered a greeting from the 4x6 Brag Pad to the front of an envelope,
embellished it with flair and then placed the gift card in the envelope.

Next,
I inserted the envelope containing the gift card into an upside-down clear Mason
jar.

I
created a festive scene in the jar to complement the tag by adhering small
Christmas bulbs to the inside of the Mason jar lid. To raise the ornaments
higher than the lip of the jar lid, I stacked several foam dots to the desired
height and place an ornament on top of each stack.

To
finish it off, I added enough fake snow to cover the foam dots and reach the
bottom of the ornaments, and then screwed on the lid.

fancy pants has never looked so good! diane, your projects are amazing. the yellow in the first one is so very you! the layers and the details in the "good times" layout are so well done. that christmas layout is delightful! and your mason jar? may i just have a piece of your creativity? please?? you are wonderful! thank you for inspiring me to get and use some fancy pants!!

About Us

Fancy Pants Designs opened business in November, 2004 and has grown quickly over the years with the help of many creative people, detailed designers and dedicated fans! It was started by a scrapbooker, for scrapbookers that appreciate the value of preserving memories through creativity and art...and it remains that way today. Fancy Pants Designs specializes in creating unique and innovative products for scrapbookers, paper crafters and creative people worldwide! Every member of our team loves what they do and it shows in every product we release!